Durionaceae
Alternative classification: Malvaceae s.l. -
subfam. Helicteroideae p.p.
Durio
Adans.
Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 18 August
2017
Photos
- Durio graveolens Becc.,
Malesia 3 (1889) 242; --Ashton, Manual non-Dipt. Trees Sarawak
2 (1988) 63. Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
(Sarawak, Brunei), PALAWAN. Conservation status: Endangered (DAO
2017-11).
- Durio macrophyllus (King)
Ridl., Fl. Malay. Penin. 1 (1922) 261; --Ashton, Manual non-Dipt. Trees
Sarawak 2 (1988) 75; --Durio testudinarum var. macrophyllus King, J.
Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 60 (1891) 53. Borneo (Sarawak).
PALAWAN. Low and medium elevation forests. Conservation status:
Vulnerable (DAO 2017-11).
- Durio zibethinus Murr., Syst.
(1774) 591; --Merr., EPFP 3 (1923) 46. Widespread in cultivation
especially in tropical SE Asia, possibly wild only in Sumatra and
Borneo. MINDANAO. Cultivated for its highly prized fruit. 'Wild' Durio
zibethinus is found or claimed only in Mindanao for the Philippines. Photos
Literature
DENR
Administrative Order. 2017. Updated national list of threatened Philippine
plants and their categories. DAO 2017-11
Mendoza, DR. 1941. Natural distribution of durians in the Philippines.
Philippine Journal of Forestry 4: 27-35.
Vendivil, WF & EJ Reynoso 1983. Durio species from Palawan,
Philippines. Acta Manilana Series A Nat. Appl. Sci.: 95-98.
Pelser, P.B., J.F. Barcelona
& D.L. Nickrent (eds.). 2011 onwards. Co's Digital Flora of the
Philippines. www.philippineplants.org
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Philippines
Last updated 27 October 2017
